Revell 1/72 Junkers F.13

[Dave Ward]

Wing Decals applied - copious amounts of Humbrol Decalfix, which is pretty aggressive...............


It has worked pretty well, but I have one or two spots on the other positions, where it hasn't pulled the decal down. I've pierced these with a pin & reapplied the Decalfix. In certain lights, it looks odd, because the decals are matt finish & the wing is gloss! I'll leave all to thoroughly dry overnight, the seal everything with gloss varnish. Not as bad as I thought, but I wouldn't care to apply any larger decals over the corrugations...................
Dave
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[colin m]

I think you've done really well with those decals. It had potential to be a night mare.

[adt70hk]

Hi Dave

That's looking really good. Hard to believe that they are actually decals.

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[Dave Ward]

Humbrol Decalfix is a single solution bottle - it can be very aggressive, and if the decals are a bit fragile, then the outcome is not good. Instead of soaking decals in water, Humbrol advise you to use the Decalfix solution. In this case it has worked pretty well, but for decals on a smoother surface, I'll revert to my usual AK 2-part stuff
Dave

[Guest]

I was fearing the worst about applying the decals when I first saw this kit, but you’ve certainly tackled them well.

[Dave Ward]

I've gone out of instruction sequence, Revell would have you join the fuselage halves, with the interior sandwiched between. The wing/fuselage joint is a bit vague, so I decided to leave out the interior, so I could make sure of that joint - CA run down the interior fixed it pretty well..................


After that dried off, it was time to add the interior, by careful spreading of the fuselage, I could just ease it in! Just a dab of glue, as it isn't going anywhere.


The wingspan to overall length looks very odd, not surprising the float version had a larger tail. It's all coming together pretty quickly, not many parts left on the sprue ( mainly handles & brackets ). Difficult to know when to add these, - before painting, when you are bound to knock them off ( I do anyway! ), or after, - needing paint touch up. I leave them off until after - in this case, the AK Aluminium paint brush paints pretty well, so touch up isn't a problem.
Dave
I've been pondering about the next build, I don't know whether to go for a biggie ( Zvezda Pantsir, Panda 9K330 Tor, HobbyBoss Nagmachon II ), or something a little smaller ( Zvezda T-34/85 ) or go for another wingy thing ( ARK Mig-3, Eduard Morane ) - as they say, I used to be ambivalent, but now I'm not sure............:thinking:

[Dave Ward]

More progress.........................

The cockpit openings give an odd goggle eyed appearance, the pilots only had small windscreens, mounted on the 'bonnet' just as well the Junkers didn't go much more than 100mph. Must have been like sitting in a wind tunnel
Dave

[Neil Merryweather]

this is looking very nice indeed ,Dave :thumb2:

[Dave Ward]

The F.13 now has its' boots on......................

One of those operations that you need 3 hands, not one good, one stiff. I've added CA to the strut/fuselage joint, and now I'll let it all really harden off ( there are still the outboard float struts to add ).
This will be the last picture in this section, there's only a few detail parts to add/paint, and a couple of decals, - the next ones will appear in the 'completed' section
Dave

[Dave Ward]

OK, finished

https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/revell-1-72-junkers-f-13-floatplane-completed.36046/

Dave